The work continues | A continuar trabajando

After falling 3-1 on the road to D.C. United on Sunday night at RFK Stadium, Chivas USA lost their unbeaten streak that the team was riding for the last five games. With six goals in six games in a row from Erick “Cubo” Torres the Red-and-White will have to quickly turn the page from this loss and prepare in a short week for their next game.

Chivas USA Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera recognized that the team wasn’t sharp on Sunday night and due to set pieces and tired legs, the outcome was a bad result, but he acknowledged that after a long streak of good results, sooner or later, a game like this was going to come.

“We didn't look sharp, especially in the first half we were a little sluggish and a little bit tired,” said Cabrera after the game. “We think that they carried a little bit of heavy load from all the games, and traveling from West to East it's heavy. We didn’t look well with the ball, we didn't look aggressive enough and they took advantage with the set pieces. When you give those possibilities you notice that the team struggled with the dynamic.”

During the first half, the Goats struggled to create opportunities, while the home team was constantly pressuring Dan Kennedy. In the 25th minute after a penalty kick was called in favor of the home team, Eddie Johnson manage to open up the score board for the 1-0 advantage. Leading into the second-half, D.C. extended their lead with two more goals, but the Red-and-White managed to come back with a penalty kick goal from Torres but their efforts came short. Cabrera described that tired legs and lack of concentration affected the result, but there is no excuses and he knows that the schedule is tough and that the team has to continue fighting.

“If you are well rested you are going to be able to perform and think well, and when you are tired, even if you are good, you are mentally and physically tired, you are not going to respond to your responsibilities and do the work as well as you should do. We know we have to deal with it, no excuses. Let's try to rest, let's try to focus, and lets try to use other guys to see if we can add a little bit of fresh momentum to the team and continue battling as we have a tough schedule this month.”

Now, Cabrera knows that the team has to recover fast from Sunday's game and learn from the mistakes and errors committed.

“We missed 70 minutes of the game and right now we have to be ready to play 90 minutes against any team in the MLS. We have to make sure that the team continues with the mentality. We are going to go back, because we knew that at some point it was going to be tough with the schedule and now we have to think on our next game against Colorado,” Cabrera finalized.

Chivas USA will head back to Los Angeles to prepare for their final visit to Colorado Rapids on Friday at 6:30 p.m. (PT). The match will be televised on Time Warner Cable Deportes and will also be available on ESPN Deportes Radio KWKU 1220 AM. For more information, follow the club onTwitter and Facebook.